Lancaster Park

Short Film – Not Rated

Directed by Lynda Reiss

Written by John Craine

Getting ready to hit the film festival circuit

A while back (over 2 years… wow; where does the time go?), we did a review of a short film called Ready To Go, from director Lynda Reiss.

We really enjoyed that one, and are pleased that she has contacted us to let us know she has another short film that is making the film festival circuit.

It’s called:

Lancaster Park.

You can watch the trailer by clicking right up there (Review below the photo).

Written by John Craine, Lancaster Park is the story of Rita, a single mom, living in the titular trailer park in the middle of the desert (think Vegas), whose daughter is a colossal pain in the… uh… butt.

As all teenagers are, I suppose.

But I digress.

Her daughter, Simone, is hanging around with a bad boy from school, and of course, she doesn’t approve.

I mean, the d-bag flips her off as Simone is getting into his truck after he honks–HONKS!–for her to come outside.

The next morning, Rita returns from work to find a police presence around the park, and learns that a man was killed and dumped, his face beaten in.

While she’s picking up laundry, Rita finds a shirt under Simone’s bed, covered in blood, and a police officer knocks on the door…

Lancaster Park packs a lot into it’s 14-ish minute run-time, but it never feels rushed.

If you’re a parent, it will make you ask what you would do for your child, and/or, do you trust your child.

This is a great second short film entry from Lynda, and feels like it could be stretched out a bit more, if not to feature length (it might start to feel like a Lifetime movie or an after-school special if it gets too long), then a solid half-hour to 40 minutes.

If you have the chance to attend a film festival (either physically or virtually) and Lancaster Park is showing, definitely find time to screen it. It’s really well done, and worth the watch.

My Grade: A-

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